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Oligopygus alvarezi

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae

Taxonomy
Oligopygus alvarezi was named by Lambert and Sanchez Roig (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Los Háticos Holguín, Holguín, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Oligopygus alvarezi Lambert and Sanchez Roig p. 82 figs. pl. 11, figs. 3-5
1926Oligopygus alvarezi Sanchez Roig p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyOligopygidae()
genusOligopygus
speciesalvareziLambert and Sanchez Roig 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Oligopygus alvarezi Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1924
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Diagnosis
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